NEW DELHI – A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament has sparkeda row by saying the those deputed in Army are bound to die. Responding to aquestion on the attack on a CRPF camp, the BJP MP, Nepal Singh, said thatthere’s no country where armymen don’t die.

“They will die in Army everyday. Tell me one country where army personneldo not die,” said the BJP leader.

Apparently upset over the raising of the issue of armymen being killed interror attacks, Singh said, “Even when a scuffle breaks out in a village,someone or the other gets injured. Tell me a medicine that can save lives.”

“Tell us one thing that can make bullets ineffective, we will get thatimplemented,” he added.

After uproar over his statement, Singh said that he did not insult martyrs.Though he also offered an apology, he maintained that he did not sayanything that would insult a martyr.

In a bizarre explanation of his statement, he said that “scientists areworking on a device which can save soldiers from bullets”.

“Maine ye bola tha ki vaigyanik lage hue hain aur koi device dhoondh rahehain ki koi goli aaye to lage nahin, sipaahi ka protection ho jaaye (I hadsaid that scientists are working on looking for a device, using which abullet can be turned ineffective and the soldier be saved),” he said.

This comes even as Union Home Minister assured Rajnath Singh on Mondayassured that the sacrifice of jawans would not go in vain and their valourwould be given due acknowledgment.

“The attack on a CRPF camp in Kashmir was a cowardly attack by terrorists.The sacrifice of our jawans won`t go in vain”, he said.